Christian Vision and Values
At Barnoldswick Church of England Primary School, our vision is to create a happy, safe and exciting school where everyone can grow in confidence and be the best they can. The theological roots of our vision – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 – encourage us in all that we hope to be, enabling every part of our community to live and learn together with God in our hearts.
Underpinning our school vision, our Christian values form the guiding path framework on which we build our school community. The values drive our strategic decision-making, are embedded in our policies and practices and are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we:
- Value and recognise the uniqueness and achievement of every member of our school family.
- Promote British and Christian Values and attitudes within the school and wider communities.
- Nurture and support all abilities, helping every child to achieve his/her potential in all areas of learning – intellectual, emotional, physical, social, moral, spiritual and cultural.
- Ensure excellence in teaching and learning within a high quality learning environment.
- Equip children with the resilience and perseverance to become creative and independent thinkers and to become learners for life within an ever-changing world.
- Develop learning activities which stimulate positive models of enquiry, reflection, challenge and innovation.
- Teach children to Love God, value all, work hard and serve others.
Our six core school values which we continuously explore and celebrate are Friendship, Endurance, Service, Wisdom, Trust and Forgiveness.
The Impact of our Church School Provision
We are very proud to be holders of the Lancashire Equality Mark. This mark is awarded to schools who have taken measures to embed Equality throughout their practice with the goal of preparing all pupils for life in modern Britain and enabling all pupils to flourish and thrive in a supportive learning community.
Collective Worship is placed at the centre of our school’s daily life and we have a very strong partnership with Holy Trinity Church. Our communities regularly join together and we particularly look forward to our Experience Sessions at Easter and Christmas and Messy Church activities.
This year, we are celebrating 6 years of taking part in the Archbishop’s Young Leaders Award. This initiative encourages pupils to become courageous advocates who see a need, implement a social action project and bring positive change through serving their community.
In keeping with our strong emphasis on promoting British values, we democratically elect a School Council each year. The council members then plan community activities and charity work. Past projects have supported our local West Craven Food Bank, Toilet Twinning in Nepal, Christian Aid and the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.
Links to Further Reading
- Spirituality in the Curriculum for more information about how our broad and balanced curriculum promotes the spiritual and character development of pupils
- Collective Worship Policy for more information about the structure of collective worship, pupil involvement and the role of the church community
- Equality Information and Objectives Statement and Promoting British Values for more information on our supportive school community and living well together
- Online Safety and Safeguarding for more information about the school’s commitment to the dignity, respect and well-being of pupils
- Curriculum Newsletters for more information about the wisdom, knowledge and skills the Religious Education (RE) syllabus offers each class
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
